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...e of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Every telephone company shall update its certification authority if there is any change in its operations as identified in this rule. (B) Procedures for notifying the commission of updates to certification authority and certain changes in operations by a local exchange carrier (LEC) providing basic local exchange s...

...e of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Each facilities-based local exchange carrier (LEC) shall design, operate, and maintain its facilities to continue to provide customers with the ability to originate and receive calls at all times. The commission will utilize existing FCC rules applicable to emergency and outage operations. Companies shall submit outage ...

...e of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Each facilities-based local exchange carrier (LEC) should design, operate, and maintain its facilities to continue to provide customers with the ability to originate and receive calls at all times. The commission will utilize existing FCC rules applicable to emergency and outage operations. Companies will submit outage ...

...e of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.] Upon request, each telephone company operating within the state of Ohio shall submit to the director of the utilities department of the commission or the director's designee a copy of any reports filed with the federal communications commission pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 43.

...e of federal regulations, see rule 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.] Upon request, each telephone company operating within the state of Ohio should submit to the director of the utilities department of the commission or the director's designee a copy of any reports filed with the federal communications commission pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 43.

...mission, in accordance with rule 4901:1-6-04 of the Administrative Code. The ZTA will take effect on the same day the filing is made in accordance with paragraph (B) of rule 4901:1-6-05 of the Administrative Code. Each regulated provider imposing a surcharge on its customers must provide notice to its customers a minimum of fifteen days prior to the effective date of the surcharge in accordance wi...

...mission, in accordance with rule 4901:1-6-04 of the Administrative Code. The ZTA will take effect on the same day the filing is made in accordance with paragraph (B) of rule 4901:1-6-05 of the Administrative Code. Each regulated provider imposing a surcharge on its customers will provide notice to its customers a minimum of fifteen days prior to the effective date of the surcharge in accordance wi...

...assessment provided for in section 4905.10 of the Revised Code. The commission shall protect any confidential information in every company and provider report. (B) In addition to the information necessary for the commission to calculate the assessment provided for in section 4905.10 of the Revised Code, telephone companies subject to section 4905.71 of the Revised Code shall provide in their annu...

...sment, consistent with section 4905.10 of the Revised Code, and as required by the commission and in the format prescribed by commission entry. (B) In addition to the information necessary for the commission to calculate the assessment provided for in section 4905.10 of the Revised Code, telephone companies subject to section 4905.71 of the Revised Code are to provide in their annual report for f...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] As used within this chapter, these terms denote the following: (A) "Affiliate" means a person that (directly or indirectly) owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, another person. For purposes of this chapter, the term "own" means to own an equity interest (or the equiva...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] As used within this chapter, these terms denote the following: (A) "Affiliate" means a person that (directly or indirectly) owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, another person. For purposes of this chapter, the term "own" means to own an equity interest (or the equiva...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) The obligations found in rules 4901:1-7-03 to 4901:1-7-26 of the Administrative Code, shall apply to all telephone companies pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252. (B) The commission may for good cause shown and consistent with state and federal law, waive any requirement, standard, or rule set forth in this chapter, other...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) The obligations found in rules 4901:1-7-03 to 4901:1-7-26 of the Administrative Code, apply to all telephone companies pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252, where applicable. (B) The commission may, upon a detailed application or motion containing the requested waiver period, for good cause shown and consistent with state...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) A rural telephone company is subject to the provisional rural telephone exemption referenced in 47 U.S.C. 251(f)(1), until such time as the rural telephone company receives a bona fide request for interconnection, services, or network elements, and the commission terminates the rural telephone company exemption pursuant...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) A rural telephone company is subject to the provisional rural telephone exemption referenced in 47 U.S.C. 251(f)(1), until such time as the rural telephone company receives a bona fide request for interconnection, services, or network elements, and the commission terminates the rural telephone company exemption pursuant...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) If an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), serving fewer than two per cent of the nation's subscriber lines installed in the aggregate, seeks a suspension or modification of any portion or portions of 47 U.S.C. 251(b) or (c), as a rural carrier, it must file a UNC application with the commission within fifteen calen...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) If an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), serving fewer than two per cent of the nation's subscriber lines installed in the aggregate, seeks a suspension or modification of any portion or portions of 47 U.S.C. 251(b) or (c), as a rural carrier, it is to file a UNC application with the commission within fifteen cale...

...ative Code, 47 C.F.R. 51.321 and 51.323. If a meet point arrangement is requested from the ILEC for the purpose of gaining access to unbundled network elements and/or for the purpose of exchanging traffic with the ILEC, each carrier is required to bear the network cost on its side of the point of interconnection in the meet point arrangement. (6) Technically feasible points of interconnection...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Processing requests for interconnection (1) Any request for an interconnection arrangement pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252 must be submitted via facsimile, overnight mail, e-mail, or hand-delivery to the appropriate personnel or division within the providing telephone company's organization in charge of negotiati...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Processing requests for interconnection (1) Any request for an interconnection arrangement pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252 must be submitted via facsimile, overnight mail, e-mail, or hand-delivery to the appropriate personnel or division within the providing telephone company's organization in charge of negotiati...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] Interconnection agreements pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 252, shall be negotiated, mediated, and arbitrated under the following mediation rules in this chapter and arbitration rules outlined in rule 4901:1-7-09 of the Administrative Code: (A) Duty to negotiate All telephone companies have the duty to negotiate in good faith the terms a...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] Interconnection agreements pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 252, shall be negotiated, mediated, and arbitrated under the following mediation rules in this chapter and arbitration rules outlined in rule 4901:1-7-09 of the Administrative Code: (A) Duty to negotiate All telephone companies have the duty to negotiate in good faith the terms a...

...e of Federal Regulations, see rule 4901:1-7-02 of the Administrative Code.] (A) Arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution process whereby parties present evidence and legal arguments to a neutral third party, called an arbitrator or an arbitration panel, who renders a recommended decision to the commission. Any party to the negotiation of an interconnection agreement may, during the period f...

...ning as that set forth in paragraph (B)(1) of rule 4901:1-7-08 of the Administrative Code. (C) The mediation process shall be the same as that set forth in paragraphs (B)(2) to (B)(8) of rule 4901:1-7-08 of the Administrative Code.

...ory pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 51.321 and 51.323, and consistent with the commission's policies and decisions. (D) In the event collocation fact-specific issues have not been addressed by the federal communications commission rules, the commission will determine such collocation issues on a case-by-case basis due to the fact that collocation is a very case- and fact-specific issue.